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hacker · 03-12-2005, 12:06 PM

AIM, Orkut, Google Groups, GMail, Yahoo Groups... the list goes on. When you're using someone else's services, you're kidnapped by whatever policies they decide to levy. These are probably the worse offenders.

But... there's always the Gaim Encryption plugin, which I've been happily using for a year or two now.

You could also always choose to use Jabber, and their gateway to the other IM services, if you wanted to wean yourself off of AIM directly.

03-12-2005, 12:06 PM	#4
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	AIM, Orkut, Google Groups, GMail, Yahoo Groups... the list goes on. When you're using someone else's services, you're kidnapped by whatever policies they decide to levy. These are probably the worse offenders. But... there's always the Gaim Encryption plugin, which I've been happily using for a year or two now. You could also always choose to use Jabber, and their gateway to the other IM services, if you wanted to wean yourself off of AIM directly.